ILLINOIS T. AND M. SOCIETY by G. W. Colcord; Lizzie S. Campbell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 13, 1879

ILLINOIS T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By G. W. Colcord; Lizzie S. Campbell

QUARTERLY meeting of this society was held at Belvidere, Ill., Jan. 19, 1879. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. The house was then catechised for a time by the president on different branches of the tract work. The remainder of the meeting was spent in listening to pointed remarks by Bro. Pottenger.

SECOND MEETING.

The secretary read the following tabulated report:—

Total	Districts	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	No. 10	No. 11
306	No. of Members	21	28	33	27	17	13	20	46	49	33	19
173	No. of Reports	16	26	28	11	15	4	11	33	32	23	13
297	No. of Families Visited	85	101	101	32	6	9	6	18	19	14	96
818	No. of Letters Written	107	24	28	12	13	54	13	31	30	130	18
829	Periodicals Distributed	100	109	62	67	14	143	61	57	73	54	74
73,036	Pages of Tracts and Pamphlets Distributed	1,946	1,083	4,280	4,296	4,950	9,012	8,792	9,980	3,100	10,358	10,358
581	Annuals Distributed	68	24	25	—	—	151	45	257	—	—	—
102	New Subscribers Obt’d.	35	8	—	10	—	34	2	1	2	10	—
181	Money Received	21	31	31	4 05	8	20 50	34 81	20 50	31 70	8 51	8 05

Following the reading of the foregoing, the treasurer read as follows:— ### STATEMENT. Indebtedness of Society to Review Office, .... $610 74 Credit of Society at Signs Office, ............ 5 75 Value of Publications in State Depository, ..... 450 00 Indebtedness of the Districts to State Society, 486 61 Unpaid Pledges to $1,200 T. and M. Fund, .... 552 00

Remarks were made by several, in reference to the organization and workings of this society, and fourteen members were added.

Two vigilant missionary societies were organized—one in Belvidere, the other for Rockford.

The propriety of effecting a temperance organization for Illinois was considered, and the following was adopted:— Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that we solicit the co-operation of the American Health and Temperance Association in organizing a subordinate society in Illinois; and to this end we request the executive committee of said Association to correspond with the president of our conference.

By a rising vote it was cheerfully said, “We accept the tithing vow, as recommended by the General Conference.”

A mutual agreement, entered into by the State officers present, was presented to the meeting, and readily adopted by all. This covenant, stated in brief, is: We together will earnestly endeavor to labor more in this part of the cause than ever before.

Voted, To adjourn to Serena, in April, 1879. G. W. COLCORD, Pres. LIZZIE S. CAMPBELL, Sec. and Treas.